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b or B ()

noun pl. B's, b's

  1. the second letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek beta, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (b) of boat
  3. a type or impression for b or B
  4. the second in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of b or B
  2. second in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like
b2 definition

b

  1. Physics
    1. bar(s)
    2. barn(s)
  2. boliviano
B1 definition

B ()

noun

  1. a blood type
  2. Educ. a grade indicating above-average but not outstanding work a B in French
  3. Music
    1. the seventh note or tone in the ascending scale of C major
    2. the scale having this tone as the keynote
    3. a note representing this tone
    4. a key, string, etc. producing this tone

adjective

☆ second-class; inferior to the best a B film
B2 definition

B

  1. bachelor
  2. bacillus
  3. Football back
    sometimes written b
  4. Baseball
    1. base
    2. baseman
    3. batter
  5. Music
    1. bass
    2. basso
  6. battery
  7. Baumé
  8. bay
  9. Physics bel
  10. Bible
  11. billion
  12. Chess bishop
  13. bolívar
  14. book
  15. born
  16. brightness
  17. breadth
  18. British
  19. brother
  20. Brotherhood
Also, for 1-2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12-13, 16-17, & 19, b
B3 definition

B

  1. Chem. boron
  2. Physics magnetic flux density

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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